Total Population:
6,951,482 (data from a representative study
of the National Institute of Statistics as of 31 December 2019)
Largest city populations:
Sofia 1,241,675
Plovdiv 347,851
Varna 336,216
Burgas 203,299
Russe 144,600
Stara Zagora 134,726
Location of population as average across age groups (2019)
Urban: 74%
Rural: 26%
Net population growth: minus 6.7‰(2019)
Birth Rate: 8.8 births/1,000 population
Death Rate: 15.5 deaths/1,000 population
Net Migration Rate: -0.689  migrants/1,000 population
Infant mortality rate: 5.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2019 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.58 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Age breakdown: (2019 est.)
0-10 years: 8.8%
10-19 years: 13%
20-29 years: 14.4%
40-49 years: 14.1%
50-59 years: 13.9%
60 years and over: 25.5%
Sex breakdown: (2019 est.)
Male: 48.5%
Female: 51.5%
Life expectancy at birth: (2019 est.)
Total population: 74.90 years
male: 71.46 years
female: 78.45 years
Ethnic groupings (2011 est.)
Bulgarian 76.91%
Turkish 7.98%
Roma 4.41%
Other 10.67%
Religious groupings:
Orthodox Christian 59.39%
Muslim 7.83%
Also Roman Catholic, Jewish, Gregorian-Armenian, Protestant, Lutheran, other Catholic
Official language: Bulgarian
Also spoken: Turkish, Romani, Armenian, Hebrew, etc. - roughly corresponds to ethnic breakdowns
Literacy: (percentage of age 15 and over that can read and write - 2019)
total population: 98%
male: 99%
female: 98%
Public holidays:
January 1: New Year
March 3: National Day
April or May (variable): Orthodox Easter Monday
May 1: Labour Day
May 6: Bulgarian Army Day
May 24: Day of Bulgarian Literature & Cyrillic Writing (for Saints Cyril and Methodius)
September 6: Day of Unification of Bulgaria and Eastern Roumelia
September 22: Independence Day (from Ottoman Turkish Empire)
November 1: Day of Leaders of the Bulgarian National Revival
December 24-26: Christmas